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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Biffle Fastest in Only Scheduled Practices at Watkins Glen

Happy Hour practice#16-Biffle 124.065#42-Montoya 123.807#47-Ambrose 123.755#2-Busch 123.614#29-Harvick 123.607slowest: #35-Ave 118.620 & #34-Conway 116.202incident: #98-Menard got into the back of #17-Kenseth in turn 7, but Kenseth didn't hit anything. Scott Pruett ran a few laps in the #24 in case Gordon would have to leave this weekend for the birth of his second child.

First Friday practice
#16-Biffle 122.152
#11-Hamlin 122.022
#98-Menard 121.882
#31-Burton 121.843
#2-Busch 121.682
slowest: #35-Ave 116.493 & #34-Conway 114.791
incident: 5 minutes in, #48-Johnson spun off turn 5 and made slight contact with the interior wall. Just a little splitter damage that the team will repair. #39-Newman spun but did not hit anything. #07-Jones had the car shut off late in the session and stall on the track. #12-Keselowski blew an engine at the end of the session.